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as in consecration
the act of making something holy through religious ritual the sacred site required another sanctification after it had been defiled by the invaders

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Recent Examples of sanctification The sanctification of Lee and other Confederate leaders, in turn, pushed the complexities of the surrender and of the Civil War era into the shadows, allowing the myth of Appomattox to flourish for more than a century. Made By History, Time, 9 Apr. 2025 The underlying problem with the West, Mishra argues, is its sanctification of the Holocaust. Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025 The result is that liberal analysts prefer the sanctification of allies and the demonization of rivals to objective and informed analysis. Anatol Lieven, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025 But Ii her death allows for her sanctification, the film doesn’t quite know how to represent her life. Alessa Dominguez, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024 This sanctification was a crucial step in including medicine as its own advanced degree program at the first universities that were established around 1200 in Europe. Meg Leja, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2023 Doing so is not a violation but a sanctification of Shabbat. Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Sep. 2021
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Noun
  • The setting is the church’s 250th re-consecration.
    Roy Scranton August 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The issue came to a head just before the conclave that elected Leo pope this month, when the Chinese church proceeded with the preliminary election of two bishops, a step that comes before official consecration.
    Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • Other impressive perks include a plush home theater, a cigar room with an advanced air purification system, and an auto gallery for displaying your car collection.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2025
  • That act also prompted a purification ceremony.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His salvation is described in the doc-feature as the biggest rescue operation of Jews in WWII.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Baker says his salvation was an email sent out on behalf of the PFA in the summer of 2024.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Unlike thick cleansing balms, this oil treats skin with a silky featherlight touch.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Besides doing the double duty of cleansing and softening, the oil is also a true multihyphenate in the ways it can be used, whether as a body wash, shaving base, or bath soak.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Sanctification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanctification. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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